3.1 The author claims that Canada imposed mental suffering upon him that amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, having detained him for ten years while the certainty of capital punishment was hanging over his head at the conclusion of his sentence, and this constitutes a breach of article 7 of the Covenant.
El autor sostiene que el Canadá le impuso un sufrimiento mental que equivale a penas o tratos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes, por haberlo tenido encarcelado durante diez años cerniéndose sobre él la certidumbre de la pena capital al cabo de su sentencia, y ello constituye una violación del artículo 7 del Pacto.